Announce of the start of the referendum and website update

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Hi guys,

Here's the announce that we'll send for the referendum. I'll try to
update the foundation website tomorrow, but if someone can do it before,
then it's better :-)

For explanations on how to update the website:
http://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee_2fElectionsHowTo#head-395a22a58570e6f242309b85227767a78b9d7351

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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is proud to
announce the beginning of the Reducing Board Size Referendum. You can
find some context information about this referendum at
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-September/msg00082.html


Who can vote?
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To be able to vote, you need to be a member of the GNOME Foundation and
your membership needs to be valid at least until the end of the
referendum. For example, a member whose membership ends on October 31th
2005 won't be able to vote for the referendum.

If you're not a member of the GNOME Foundation or if you need to renew
your membership, you have to apply at
http://foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.php before October
21th 2005 (23:59 UTC).

If you have applied before this date and if you are accepted, then you
will be able to vote for this referendum.


Timeline
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(all deadlines are 23:59 UTC/18:59 EST)

    October 2005
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20(21)22   applications/renewals closed (21st)
23(24)25 26 27 28 29   ballots are sent (24th)
30 31

   November 2005
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       1  2  3 (4)(5)  ballots must be returned (4th)
                       preliminary results announced (5th)
 6  7  8  9 10(11)12   challenges to the results close (11th)
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30


Questions
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For more information, please look at the referendum procedures at
http://foundation.gnome.org/referenda/2005-10/rules.html.
If you have any questions, feel free to send them to
elections gnome org or to foundation-list gnome org 


The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee
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Vincent

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